Last month I had the opportunity to attend a Red Cross international Peace Camp at Vogelsang IP in the Eifel National Park, Germany. There I discovered an important place where you are encouraged to both reflect on the past and built a postiive future. This article explains the history of this unique site.

Hey, do you volunteer at European Solidarity Corps (European Voluntary Service) and your project is coming to an end? Would you like to continue and stay in touch with volunteering but you don’t know how have no time to check or just don’t know where to find opportunities? Down below I prepared a list of more and less known organizations, opportunities and platforms that can help you find your perfect next project in Europe and worldwide. Because volunteering is just beautiful!

With the progress of democracy the concept of activism is more and more often mentioned in the media space. You can find characteristic «public activist» in biographies of many public figures (artists, journalists, writers etc.). Even those who don’t take to the streets to protest and instead post on Facebook become activists. In this article I try to figure out what «activism» means and which easiest methods of activism exist in the 21st century.

We’ve all experienced difficulties when communicating with others. That can be especially a problem while volunteering or working in a foreign country where you maybe don’t speak their language perfectly and therefore it can be a challenge knowing how to best express your thoughts and opinions without being misunderstood, ignored, create a negative atmosphere or a verbal fight. We are going to explain 4 communication styles that people mostly use in their daily life. These are: aggressive, passive, passive-aggressive and assertive communication style and tell which one is the best to use in your daily life.

As the participant of the Erasmus + youth-mobility project of non-formal education, I questioned myself – how can we measure quality of my mobility project, or any mobility project and activity I am going to organize and participate in? Which criteria should I use to prepare and evaluate any youth-mobility project - if it is productive, meaningful and well-organized? From 22 - 24 July, 2019, I took a part in the training in Budapest, which was dedicated to the two new tools, created to use and increase quality in mobility.